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PURPOSE: An all optical AND logic operation method of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer type all optical wavelength converter is provided, which realizes a ultra high speed logic operator having a compact size and a small input intensity using an XPM wavelength converter constituted with a semiconductor optical amplifier of Mach-Zehnder interferometer type. CONSTITUTION: The configuration of the method comprises a mode locked laser(100), and an attenuator(120) attenuating an optical output, and a multiplexer(MUX)(140), and the first optical delay line(160) delaying a speed of the optical output. A 3-dB optical fiber coupler(180) separates the optical intensity into a ratio of 50:50, and a polarization controller(200) controls a polarization state to obtain a maximum optical wavelength efficiency. The second optical delay line(220) delays the speed of the optical output, and an optical isolator(240) transmits the optical wavelength. The configuration also comprises an XPM wavelength converter(260), an erbium doped fiber amplifier(EDFA)(280), a wavelength filter(300) and a signal analyzer(320).
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PURPOSE: A method for implementing an electro-optic wavelength convertor by using a horizontal coupling of semiconductor laser and a semiconductor optical amplifier is provided to secure a wide range of input power since the method does not need a conventional Mach-Zender interferometer structure, thereby utilizing a characteristics of a conventional semiconductor laser such as a variable wavelength laser diode. CONSTITUTION: A method for implementing an electro-optic wavelength convertor by using a horizontal coupling of semiconductor laser and a semiconductor optical amplifier includes steps of etching end portions(100a,100b) of at least one of a first and a second waveguides(100,200), anti-reflection coating the end portions(100a,100b) and dividing the first and the second waveguides(100,200) by cleaving to thereby obtain a divided reflection surface and a divided anti-reflection surface, respectively. An active laser provided thereon with the first and the second waveguides(100,200) utilized in the method is made of InGaAsP and constructed into a multi-quantum well structure.
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PURPOSE: A method for generating a large area holographic grating and an apparatus thereof are provided, which fabricates a large area grating below an effective area of a lens as using an optical system of small caliber. CONSTITUTION: A light projected by an ultraviolet ray laser(10) of a single wavelength is focused to a pin hole(14) with an object lens(12) and then passes through a spatial lens removing noise in the air, and then the beam extended using a collimating lens(16) and passes through an inverse Gaussian transparent filter(22) and is irradiated to a sample(18) in parallel. The sample is located to have an angle to a path of the light, and a mirror(20) is attached to the sample so that a reflected light has a specific angle with the incident light to control an interval of an interference pattern.
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PURPOSE: A horizontal coupled type laser diode is provided to widen a variable wavelength range by using two active elements having different propagation constants. CONSTITUTION: A horizontal coupled type laser diode is formed by coupling horizontally the first resonator including a laser diode(100) with the second resonator including an optical amplifier(200). The optical amplifier(200) has a propagation constant which is different from the laser diode(100). The first electrode(110) and the second electrode(210) are installed in an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the laser diode(100) in order to apply current to the laser diode(100) and the optical amplifier(200), respectively. Active layers of the laser diode(100) and the optical amplifier(200) are formed by InGaAsP of a multiple quantum well structures.
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PURPOSE: A method for implementing an electro-optic wavelength convertor by using a horizontal coupling of semiconductor laser and a semiconductor optical amplifier is provided to secure a wide range of input power since the method does not need a conventional Mach-Zender interferometer structure, thereby utilizing a characteristics of a conventional semiconductor laser such as a variable wavelength laser diode. CONSTITUTION: A method for implementing an electro-optic wavelength convertor by using a horizontal coupling of semiconductor laser and a semiconductor optical amplifier includes steps of etching end portions(100a,100b) of at least one of a first and a second waveguides(100,200), anti-reflection coating the end portions(100a,100b) and dividing the first and the second waveguides(100,200) by cleaving to thereby obtain a divided reflection surface and a divided anti-reflection surface, respectively. An active laser provided thereon with the first and the second waveguides(100,200) utilized in the method is made of InGaAsP and constructed into a multi-quantum well structure.
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본 발명은 마하젠더 간섭기형 전광 파장변환기의 전광 앤드(AND) 논리 연산방법에 관한 것이다. 보다 상세하게는 비선형 특성을 갖는 마하젠더 간섭계 형태의 반도체 광증폭기로 구성된 XPM 파장변환기를 이용하여 소형이면서 작은 입력강도의 초고속 논리연산을 구현토록 하는 기술에 관한 것이다. 본 발명에 따르면, 일정 수준의 연산속도를 구현하기 위한 광펄스를 생성하는 광섬유 모드록 레이저와; 광출력을 감쇠시키는 광 감쇠기와; 다중화기와; 제 1광지연선로와; 50 : 50으로 광세기를 분리시키는 3-dB 광섬유커플러와; 최대의 광파장 효율을 얻기 위한 편광상태를 맞추기 위한 편광조절기와; 제 2광지연선로와; 광파장을 전송시키는 광 격리기와; XPM 파장변환기와; 어븀첨가광증폭기와; 광파장 필터와; 광신호분석기를 포함하여 구성됨으로서 상기 XPM 파장변환기에서 도파로 부분의 전류를 조절하여 신호 A의 출력이 정상적으로 신호 C로 출력되도록 간섭계를 구성하는 두 도파로의 전류를 조절하고, 신호 A의 지연시간을 적절히 조절하여 신호 B와 동조시킴으로서 앤드(AND) 논리 연산을 수행하는 것을 특징으로 하는 마하젠더 간섭기형 전광 파장변환기의 전광 앤드 논리 연산방법이 제시된다.
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PURPOSE: A method for extending the gain bandwidth of a semiconductor optical amplifier is provided to extend the gain bandwidth by forming differently the thickness of quantum well layers and by using all wave lengths of the light irradiated from each quantum well layer. CONSTITUTION: In a semiconductor optical amplifier, the structure of quantum well layers comprises InGaAs/InGaAsP/InP. The quantum well layers of different thickness are used as a combination. The combination of the quantum well layers has different barrier. The farther from p-layer, the thinner quantum well layer is arranged. Therefore, the quantum well layers have flat gain characteristic in a wide area and low critical current.
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PURPOSE: A horizontal coupled type laser diode is provided to widen a variable wavelength range by using two active elements having different propagation constants. CONSTITUTION: A horizontal coupled type laser diode is formed by coupling horizontally the first resonator including a laser diode(100) with the second resonator including an optical amplifier(200). The optical amplifier(200) has a propagation constant which is different from the laser diode(100). The first electrode(110) and the second electrode(210) are installed in an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the laser diode(100) in order to apply current to the laser diode(100) and the optical amplifier(200), respectively. Active layers of the laser diode(100) and the optical amplifier(200) are formed by InGaAsP of a multiple quantum well structures.